House Faces Mountain Of New Legislation

At the conclusion of the bill-filing process on January 17, the last day for state representatives to file legislation, 1,206 new bills, 57 joint resolutions, 10 concurrent resolutions and one simple resolution had been filed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Last year, members of the Housed filed 1,195 bills, 45 joint resolution and 11 concurrent resolutions. House records indicate that 909 of those measures carried over and could receive a vote during the 2008 session in addition to all newly filed legislation.

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